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ROY

Roy in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Lanarkshire

507

0.0537

5.9040

Perthshire

291

0.2219

24.4177

Ayrshire

189

0.0864

9.5109

Forfarshire (Angus)

152

0.0562

6.1790

Elginshire (Morayshire)

134

0.2952

32.4793

Aberdeenshire

129

0.0477

5.2457

London

127

0.0043

0.4783

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

123

0.0314

3.4579

Norfolk

109

0.0243

2.6698

Stirlingshire

98

0.0910

10.0068

Renfrewshire

98

0.0433

4.7625

Northumberland

73

0.0168

1.8478

Lancashire

65

0.0019

0.2063

Banffshire

62

0.1023

11.2566

Fife

56

0.0324

3.5627

Yorkshire

33

0.0011

0.1254

Surrey

32

0.0022

0.2473

Clackmannanshire

28

0.1161

12.7685

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian)

27

0.0614

6.7522

Somerset

25

0.0053

0.5849

County Durham

25

0.0029

0.3165

Inverness-shire

21

0.0241

2.6483

Kinross-shire

21

0.2844

31.2872

Devon

20

0.0033

0.3618

Nairnshire

19

0.2131

23.4423

Essex

18

0.0031

0.3434

Kent

18

0.0018

0.1987

Dunbartonshire

17

0.0217

2.3825

Cheshire

16

0.0025

0.2730

Kirkcudbrightshire

14

0.0331

3.6422

Selkirkshire

14

0.0530

5.8280

Wigtownshire

14

0.0361

3.9707

Cumberland

13

0.0052

0.5687

Channel Islands

12

0.0139

1.5251

Suffolk

11

0.0031

0.3401

Sussex

10

0.0020

0.2234

Buteshire

9

0.0508

5.5939

Hampshire

8

0.0013

0.1470

Warwickshire

8

0.0011

0.1195

Roxburghshire

8

0.0151

1.6633

Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty)

7

0.0087

0.9600

Lincolnshire

6

0.0013

0.1413

Staffordshire

5

0.0005

0.0558

Dumfriesshire

5

0.0077

0.8524

Derbyshire

4

0.0009

0.0962

Cambridgeshire

4

0.0022

0.2378

Herefordshire

4

0.0033

0.3674

Berkshire

4

0.0018

0.2007

Kincardineshire

4

0.0112

1.2371

Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)

3

0.0078

0.8530

Worcestershire

3

0.0008

0.0865

Caithness

2

0.0050

0.5501

Gloucestershire

2

0.0003

0.0384

Argyll

2

0.0025

0.2706

Shropshire

1

0.0004

0.0436

Anglesey / Sir Fon

1

0.0019

0.2125

Oxfordshire

1

0.0006

0.0610

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

1

0.0009

0.0997

Westmorland

1

0.0016

0.1714

Royal Navy

1

0.0029

0.3160

Dorset

1

0.0005

0.0574

Rutland

1

0.0047

0.5129

Glamorgan / Morgannwg

1

0.0002

0.0216

Buckinghamshire

1

0.0006

0.0623

Orkney

1

0.0031

0.3423

Wiltshire

1

0.0004

0.0426

Hertfordshire

1

0.0005

0.0546

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Barony

Lanarkshire

155

0.0648

7.1320

Govan

Lanarkshire

103

0.0441

4.8496

Dundee

Forfarshire (Angus)

79

0.0782

8.6025

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

65

0.0387

4.2627

Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

64

0.0406

4.4721

Crieff

Perthshire

54

1.1075

121.8412

Aberdeen Old Machar

Aberdeenshire

44

0.0779

8.5698

Dalry

Ayrshire

38

0.3694

40.6374

Rothes

Elginshire (Morayshire)

33

1.4905

164.0159

Liff Benvie

Forfarshire (Angus)

26

0.0633

6.9625

Speymouth

Elginshire (Morayshire)

25

3.8052

418.7605

Burnham Westgate

Norfolk

25

2.5800

283.7684

Alva

Stirlingshire

24

0.4670

51.3809

Elswick

Northumberland

23

0.0663

7.2944

Shettleston

Lanarkshire

23

0.2719

29.9168

Campsie

Stirlingshire

21

0.3551

39.0770

Orwell

Kinross-shire

21

1.0314

113.4522

Perth East Church

Perthshire

21

0.1699

18.6899

Auchtergaven

Perthshire

21

0.9554

105.1051

Inverness

Inverness-shire

21

0.0957

10.5290

Top male forenames

John Roy
James Roy
William Roy
George Roy
Robert Roy
Henry Roy
Frederick Roy
Charles Roy
Alexander Roy
Thomas Roy
Joseph Roy
Andrew Roy
Herbert Roy
Alfred Roy
David Roy
Stephen Roy
Edward Roy
Samuel Roy
Isaac Roy
Albert Roy
Wm. Roy
Ernest Roy
Eugene Roy
Archibald Roy
Hugh Roy
Matthew Roy
Robt. Roy
Percy Roy
Gilbert Roy
Jonas Roy
Walter Roy
Philip Roy
Allan Roy
Benjamin Roy
Reuben Roy
Daniel Roy
Richard Roy
Frank Roy
Frederic Roy
Edwin Roy
Ebenezer Roy
Elijah Roy
Ferdinand Roy
Francis Roy
Bernard Roy
Arthur Roy
Job Roy
Arnold Roy
Alan Roy
Kenneth Roy

Top female forenames

Mary Roy
Elizabeth Roy
Margaret Roy
Jane Roy
Sarah Roy
Ann Roy
Emma Roy
Alice Roy
Eliza Roy
Annie Roy
Ellen Roy
Hannah Roy
Edith Roy
Martha Roy
Maria Roy
Charlotte Roy
Agnes Roy
Anne Roy
Florence Roy
Caroline Roy
Grace Roy
Maggie Roy
Minnie Roy
Catherine Roy
Louisa Roy
Isabella Roy
Fanny Roy
LE Roy
Rebecca Roy
Anna Roy
Helen Roy
Bertha Roy
Sophia Roy
Josephine Roy
Susan Roy
Julia Roy
Rose Roy
Elise Roy
Maryann Roy
Eva Roy
Marion Roy
Janet Roy
Jessie Roy
Kate Roy
Elizth. Roy
Laura Roy
Bridget Roy
Betsy Roy
Dora Roy
Winifred Roy

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Scholar
Tailor
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Clerk
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Boiler Maker
Bootmaker
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